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The Funeral

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40-year-old Cemal is a lonely hearse driver. He is given a secret task: A young girl named Zeynep has been brutally murdered and the body should be delivered to her family in the east. He hits the road. During the night, he opens the back doors of the van to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. When he checks her pulse, but she doesn't have any. The beautiful living dead girl mesmerizes him and as Cemal falls in love, he starts murdering people in order to feed her. Meanwhile, the police has started a serial killer hunt throughout the country. When they arrive in Kars, Cemal realizes that the "family" waiting for Zeynep's body is indeed a violent cult. Now, with a midnight ritual, her dead body should be burned.
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Jorge Loser Espinof ... Within its hopeless realism, there's a moving romantic fantasy. Oct 23, 2024 Full Review Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine He doesn't break any new ground, but The Funeral wraps its tendrils around you all the same. It burrows under your skin. Sep 16, 2024 Full Review Kat Hughes THN This Turkish horror has plenty working for it. Writer and director Ocrun Behram captures isolation, anguish and horrors perfectly. Rated: 3/5 Sep 6, 2024 Full Review Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana What a Scream Podcast Despite losing slight momentum in the second act, the film is flecked with humorously quirky moments... Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis 40-year-old Cemal is a lonely hearse driver. He is given a secret task: A young girl named Zeynep has been brutally murdered and the body should be delivered to her family in the east. He hits the road. During the night, he opens the back doors of the van to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. When he checks her pulse, but she doesn't have any. The beautiful living dead girl mesmerizes him and as Cemal falls in love, he starts murdering people in order to feed her. Meanwhile, the police has started a serial killer hunt throughout the country. When they arrive in Kars, Cemal realizes that the "family" waiting for Zeynep's body is indeed a violent cult. Now, with a midnight ritual, her dead body should be burned.
Director
Orcun Behram
Producer
Orcun Behram, Müge Özen
Screenwriter
Orcun Behram
Production Co
Solis Film
Genre
Horror
Original Language
Turkish
Runtime
1h 49m
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